I remember surfing (illegal) mp3 download sites years ago when I was an impressionable youngster and trying to close all the porn popups before the parents walked in =_=

But now that I use Opera I haven’t encountered any popup ads at all!

I love my Opera <3

uk_designer_matt

Hate them

Yes, I hate them – especially the pop behind adverts as you feel like you have been tricked or lost control of your machine. I never asked for it to be there and it could have been open for a long time. They should be banned. Popups aren’t as bad, but still annoying and thankfully I haven’t come across a site that uses them extensively recently or keeps opening them when you close one.

http://www.freewebs.com/horazio Horazio

Yes I hate them. I really hate them so much : banners, pop ups,unders…whatever is a waste of time.

anonnymussed

depends on …

I dislike pop-ups in general, but it depends on the use. Pop unders are tolerable. Pop UPS that happen only ONCE when you enter a site and then don’t show up again for 24hrs are tolerable.

Popups on EVERY refresh of a page, or multiple popups, is really bad (thankfully I have Firefox popupblocker stopping those).

But the absolute most annoying and angrifying (yes that’s a word 😀 ) are the animated “takeover” ads that appear on top of an article and require you to find close button. Those just piss me off.